Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-05-26
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
4 dispatch from Wellsyille, Ohio,
says that numerous citizens of that place
have devised new plan to defeat tho Dow
Liquor law. They have organized several
private clubs to encourage drinking, elected
officers, and purchased large amount of
liquor. They meet at each others houses,
where they have high old time. The Pro-
hibitionists are greatly excited over the
turn in affairs and are seeking n remedy.
Many prominent citizens belong to the clubs
and say they will maintain their rights at
ali hazards. The streets were full of
drunken ard evane1 men Saturday sarnns sSfs RISas
occurred. The anti-whiskcy people nre
organizing.
Mr.. O'Brien visited Ottawa and
addressed large audiences, but at Kingston
on Friday, he came near losing his life at
the hands of an Orange mob, and would
have been killed but for a fortunate ex-
change Of hats SO that his identity was
lost. The police pretending to keep order
allowed the mob to do as it pleased. An
Irish Catholic newspaper office was sacked
number injured. After che attempt to
murder O'Brien had been frustrated, the
Mayor appeared and rendered O'Brien pro-
lection. and bitterly reproached by that
gentleman and his friends for his hypocrisy
in allowing the mob to make the brutal
assault when word from the Mayor
would have stopped it.
The firm of Swan Bros, of Cheyenne
the leading cattle dealers of Wyoming made
an assignment on the 10th, with liabilities
of 81, 100000, and assets nominany the
same. The cause for the assignment is
primarily due to the action of Daven-
port Iowa, bank bringing suit on u note
signed by one OF the firm as surety and
this caused direct credi ors to press other
claims none of them past due however.
The Swans claim that they will be able to
pay in full their invoice of bonds. stocks,
lands and live stock amounting to s., DE, zoo.
The Board of Trustees of the State
University, with view of increasing the
popularity and strength of that institution
in Ohio, are about to secure the services of
ex-President II. b. Hayes of Fremont, as
President. He will take charge of the uni
versity at the opening of tue fall term in
September. Mr. Hayes is u graduate of
every way admirably qualified for the posi-
ton of President of the leading institution
of learning in Ohio. The salary is S3,uC0 a
year.
The town of Lake Linden, Houghton
county, Mich, population 2,50) was de-
stroyed by fire May 20, with a loss estima-
ings were burned including churches, stores,
school houses and dwellings, 3J0 families
lost everything. The fire took from forest
fireS and buildings being all of wood burned
SO rapidly that in two hours the destruction
was complete, only meat market and sa-
loon building remaining in the business por-
ton.
The legislature of Florida has elected
William Pasco United States Senator as
the successor of Mr.. Jones. Mr. Pasco, is u
native Of London, England, and is about
forty EIGHT years old. He is an American
citizen through the naturalization of his
father before he attained his majority. He
is graduate of Harvard college. He served
in the Confederate army. He is now speaker
of the state house of representatives.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, John Boyd.
q butcher of Rockford, last summer mur
dered W. B. johnson. Boyd was half
craZed with liquor at the time. He was
sentenced to prison for life. Annie Boyd
his wife, sued Christopher Post n saloonist
of Rockford, for selling her husband liquor
claiming 5000 damages, A verdict was
rendered giving S9,5N.
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United States
1856, for Canada 32, total 1877, against 1S2 last
week and 176 the corresponding week last
year. Failures are decreasing in all parts
of the country, except perhaps Canada and
the provinces.
Editor o 'Brien has been invited by
Moses w. Field, chairman on behalf of the
central committee of the Greenback Labor
party of Michigan, to visit Detroit for a pub
lie address. The state legislature is to be
invited in case MIR. O'Brien accepts the in
vitation.
Ex-Goy. William Smith who, for up
wards of 90 years has been Unidentified with
the affairs of Virginia as a lawyer, legisia-
tor, congressman and governor, serving sew
eral years in the United States congress ard
two terms as governor of the State, is dead
Tho 100000 monument erected to
Schuyler Colfax at indianapolis, Ind, by
the Daughters of Rebekah was unveiled on
the 18th, and dedicated with, appropriate
ceremonies, participated in by many
thousand people.
Near Sadalia, Colorado, the sleeping
car, of the Denver, Rio Grande 81 Salt
& T
Lake City Express was derailed and Grace
Leslie, the leading lady of the Kate Castleton
company was Killed, her spinal column
being broken, us she fell upon ledge of
rocks.
A plan is on foot OF Lima, o., to
organize a producers oil exchange to op
pose the Standard Oil Company The
plans have not yet been perfected, but
many of the leading oil men in the Lima
fields are interested.
The reports from the forest fire in
the upper Michigan peninsula record loss
exceeding s., 100000, in the last two weeks,
including the Lake Linden fire.
IN THE EAST.
1t is stated on excellent authority
that Willie Sprague, son of ex-Gov. Sprague
aHd grandson of the late Chief Justice
Chase is to sue for divorce. He married